- Swimming For Survival - AMEInfo article - 6th May 2007

Arabia is a land of vast expanses of desert and mountain ranges. Amongst these inhospitable mountains, narrow freshwater 'wadis' provide both a vital source of life for land animals and support for highly-adapted aquatic communities... see full article

- YSI wadifish project - Press Release. 2006.

A bid to save some of the Middle East’s rare freshwater fish and their valuable habitat is underway with Project Wadi Fish. In the absence of rivers and lakes, wadi are the primary freshwater habitats in an extremely dry region of the world. Little is known about them other than they’re under increasing threat from development, urbanization, and pollution... see full article

- Fish that wriggle out of trouble wadi waters - 5th October 2005

Freshwater fish are maybe not what visitors to the UAE would expect to find in the middle of an arid desert. But deep in the wadis of the Hajar Mountains, stretching across the UAE and Oman, three tiny species of native fish populate local pools. The wadis – dry river beds found in the mountains - are the only place in the world where some of these species are found... see full article

- Project AWARE- wadifish. 2006

While they account for only a tiny portion of earth’s aquatic environments, freshwater ecosystems are varied and vitally important regions. Project AWARE Foundation (Aquatic World Awareness, Responsibility and Education) was founded in response to the growing awareness of the problems facing both ocean and freshwater ecosystems... see full article